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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Litini » Coleotechnites
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Gelechioid ex Hypericum - Coleotechnites
Copyright © 2013 Charley Eiseman

Gelechioid ex Hypericum - Coleotechnites
St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Indian River County, Florida, USA
April 10, 2013
Size: 3.6 mm
Reared from this plant (4 photos).
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 12 November, 2013 - 10:56pm
Last updated 13 November, 2013 - 11:09am

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… Charley Eiseman, 13 November, 2013 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

Coleotechnites
This is something in Coleotechnites. Hypericum is the host of C. nigritus, which is known from Florida. Your moths aren't a very good match for Busck's description (as Recurvaria nigra) or the MPG image of C. nigritus, but then your specimens show great variation in the amount of black scaling, so it may be that yours are the same as the MPG image after all. Dissection of your moths and comparison with the type(s) of C. nigritus would, as usual, be the best way to resolve this.

By the way, what was the larval feeding mode?
… Terry Harrison, 13 November, 2013 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

 
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I got a number of these, and I remember there being a great deal of variation in appearance, although these two are the only ones I've gotten to so far in my photo sorting. I don't think I have the specimens mounted yet; hopefully they are still in good condition.

The larvae were leaf miners and tiers. I see that the type of C. nigritus was reared accidentally from Hypericum fruticosa; I assume that the larval feeding mode for that species is still unknown.

Incidentally, a single Caloptilia emerged in the same rearing vial as some of these moths:

I have tentatively placed it under C. hypericella based on the host plant, but haven't yet checked the description of that species.
… Charley Eiseman, 13 November, 2013 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

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